Posted on 09/15/2018 10:40:07 AM PDT by Eleutheria5
The Tunisian city of Sousse has decided to name four streets for local prominent Jews, JTA reported Friday.
According to the report, the municipality will recognize Claude Sitbon, a lawyer; Daniel Uzan, a physician; Yvonne Bessis, a midwife; and the Ghouila-Houri and Ichoua families of city developers.
The streets are located in a new neighborhood of villas in the city’s north.
Sousse, a coastal resort city which is a popular vacation destination for Westerners, was attacked by Islamist terrorists in 2015. A gunman killed 38 tourists, mostly from Britain, in the attack that was claimed by the Islamic State (ISIS).
Tunisia, which had a Jewish population of 140,000 prior to Israel’s creation in 1948, now has a dwindling community of 1,700 Jews, the second largest of any Arab country after Morocco’s 3,000 Jews.
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They don’t have trouble guessing the motives for the attack? Wow. Like fresh air.
In my recent work in the Middle East I had the pleasure to work very closely with some Tunisian military individuals. They are well educated and well spoken. They still speak of Carthage and have a lot of European blood in them. Anyhow, just my observation.
Seems they have more sense than Europeans when it comes to terrorism. They call it right away.
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